spa! bring it on! monza was a good race, a bit of a let down but spa, a monster of a track!
great track, great history, great corners, great chance of rain and usually a great race...
shame its been tarnished by the spygate affair, sorry spygate bollocks...
latest news...
McLaren have been stripped of their points in the 2007 Formula One constructors championship following the "spygate" scandal.
The team has also been fined $100m (£49.2m) and will have to subject its 2008 cars to examination before racing.
But the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) will not dock the points from their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.
"The WMSC has stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructors points in the 2007 FIA Formula One world championship and the team can score no points for the remainder of the season," the FIA said.
"Furthermore the team will pay a fine equal to $100 million, less the FOM income lost as a result of the points deduction," it added.
The decision means Ferrari, currently second overall behind McClaren and 57 points clear of BMW Sauber with four races remaining, look certain to be crowned champions.
Asked if justice had been done, the president of the FIA Max Mosley said: "Yes".
Earlier, Championship leader Hamilton, 22, attended the hearing at the headquarters of the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
He said outside: "We work together as a team. I am relaxed and confident about today."
McLaren's Spanish test driver Pedro de La Rosa was also among the McLaren delegation but double world champion team-mate and compatriot Alonso was at Spa-Francorchamps preparing for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
McLaren, who led Ferrari by 23 points in the constructors' standings after last weekend's Italian Grand Prix one-two at Monza, are accused of having used leaked data and information from the Italian team.
Chief designer Mike Coughlan was suspended in July after a 780-page dossier of Ferrari information, covering every aspect of the team's 2007 car, was found at his home in England.
McLaren maintain that Coughlan, who had approached Honda about job opportunities jointly with Nigel Stepney - the former Ferrari employee at the heart of the controversy - was acting without their knowledge and none of the information had found its way on to their cars.
McLaren were found guilty at a hearing in July of possession of unauthorised Ferrari material but escaped sanction after the FIA's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) ruled they had not benefited from it.
Hamilton, the rookie sensation of the season, leads Alonso by three points in the championship with four races remaining.
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so in other words, it really means fuck all! this will set a precident for future teams especially when designers move from one team to another.ferrari will get its just desserts !
now back to racing!